‘Pokok Hari Nyalah': Catatan Budaya (Lokal) dalam Membaca Perubahan Iklim (Global)

Abstract

Berbagai permasalahan dialami masyarakat berkaitan fenomena perubahan iklim diungkap dengan menelusuri pengetahuan (budaya) mereka memahami dan memerkirakan berbagai keadaan persepsi yang kini mengalami kesimpangiuran; dan upaya diterapkan menghadapi keadaan lingkungan. Kesemuanya itu akan merepresentasikan bagaimana budaya mengungkap perubahan iklim yang bukan hanya tentang persoalan lingkungan fisik semata, melainkan juga merupakan suatu fenomena sosial-kultural. Kata kunci: Perubahan Iklim, Pengetahuan (Budaya), Kesimpangsiuran Lingkungan, dan Fenomena Sosial-Kultural. Abstract In the last decade, the issue of climate change phenomenon has been a serious debate for the people around the world. The impact of the climate change symptom can be felt or experience directly by a societal group in any environment. The problems being experienced by the people related with the climate change phenomenon can be revealed by tracing their knowledge (culture) in understanding and predicting the circumstances of the environment; their perception about the environment which has been more unpredictable in the recent time; and the effort that were applied by them to face of the unpredictable circumstances of the environment. That would be represented how culture revealed the climate change was not only about the physical environment, but also the social-cultural phenomenon.